Marty,

It would appear that Reaper only supports several control surfaces:

• Behringer BCF2000
• Mackie MCU
• Mackie BabyHUI
• Frontier Designs TranzPort


http://wiki.cockos.com/wiki/index.php/Preferences_Control_Surfaces




“I want to use this also as a mixer for live use. If I figure correctly, I can record my sound check and play it back while I walk around the room; therefore getting the mix to my liking and save it? Just me (acoustic and vocals), one other guy (also acoustic and vocals) and maybe a cajon that will be looped. I will also crate some backing tracks in RB to play along with. If I move them to the r16, is it easy to recall songs. Me and my counterpart would use channels 1-5 and maybe have some bass, drums and keys/synth in 6-8. Is this possible? “



While the Zoom R16 could be used for live mixing, there are better (and cheaper) alternatives. The small Yamaha mixers are excellent, and would be more than adequate for a duo. This model also has a built in compressor circuit on two mic channels, and it actually works quite well to bring your vocals forward.

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/MG82cx/


You might consider rendering your backing tracks to MP3 and playing them back on a laptop, connected to a small mixer. Then you can mix everything from the stage.

The Zoom is more of a hard disc recorder and less of a mixer or control surface. If you plan on recording in Reaper or RealBand, it would be superfluous.



Regards,

Bob